West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-13

''N' A''AAA'SiN uaTO -hcartcu OF the
people wasn't It, Miss JoSeplnnep And
'hus 'alhlng glb,y-aS If, too, he did not
exact know what he was sRving-I nclc
, Fred lifted his hat and dis,DpcsrcJ
Tha following Thursday morning ms,
as Miss Josephine was starting for her
usual daily occupation, a letter Was
placed an her hand by the boStman. aftor
reading which, that young lady marched
Genberately upstairs again. removed her
hat and cloak, chased away with her
IocN handkc 'chlct great many fears
'n"t lot some reason or other would in .
I NlSt upon pouring down her checks. and
!Neh >ct tC work ty TO rc.rcad tho follow
ing words
DEAR Mass JoSEPINT. Par,lon my nbrpn,
IaN 9 IaSh!y yesterday; but I will now az
IN H. W turning huine oNincS,ly by Nvov of
w. r,,o ,35SV,o nee did small stroke of 6usi-
nesS .her9 ON my own account
Miss Ekie FaiNunbrid,-e Ans ort bo,.;,-
o''i - - SlS'hu tle ey ening With tho widowed
go -, -, now 'nlldieSS in Sther. OF her once
I,,',,.s hi'a - Iatoiy 100, sailor lover have,
however, already 8 oxen toCethcr-,cu oni
or this uuioQkcd-fur event mud nj -, of tbn
heavy blow "'"'S 'ho
-, but would n,H speak OF something
81 selfish are woa all in this world Won
Se'. l persuaded th, good damo. Jnnet Las.
nc 20 assist mo in something which was
pu hilng me not "A little.
heart last evening, Tor the FIRST time. OF
oulS Se-anu also from your own lips most
'6rangc 20 Say--that z, t,yepty-lollar notc
Nhlth rad sent YOU in answer 10 vour nd
: Ncruseihent nSkng FOR aid. never reached
you. ~ Ia not, now tnd. miscarricI i'm
th' Ordinary way that letters do occasionally
- ~ buJ II Vas as impoSsibls, YOU viii
IHu,oht Nv see Il AZ it should over hnvolCa.b Il
NN"' "oulc a. the residcnce OF ono of tho
an 'lent nat) arChs.
Inc 1pt tft - ,.,,,... ..t-.-
""s' 10 apF ears, although placed in "A rogis-
I ne enW lopo fo' which duly pnii never
"'Siat M II; aud in the hurry skirry OF tho
ST ''.N'u ~ IL was never entered, either in the
own ' o9oH' The fault was, of course, my
pMh, quito as much "a that OF any one else:
u", every one was asking hurried questions
"I enc moment, and my letter-yours. rather
pH'd the ycnalty. Then, as fate would have
2, a. lnnde itself otherwise than in the la.
Elumhto post az, and dropped how is be t.
IN wa 10 itself behind drawer that il
rarely ouone1.
Forgive the "details. however. Janet ii 40
m.u nhII ulSc"Vvred tho thus hldden-away
HllsslNe hali an hour before lappearod up,n
the scene-n.ark the coincidence was in
sJlt' OF no little cousternatirn
Picture also my own dianay.
he mystery, however. is now solved
VIII not again tender the amount for
! your acceptance, as theirs certainly seems 10
pe S)mNp ns unfortunate attending 10, Gu
!ceI 0Lde which, on my part, | AN going
TO ask favor from your .clf
w ill you. / ask become my wife,-nnd
alSo kindly acknowledge promptly the TO.
I cein or this letter or / shall be comrclled 10
/ teioe IT for granted that my socon commu-
h"aation has shared the fate OF my ir.t.
, UNCLE FREDn
'NIiss Josephine. " like wise woman.
answered the letter just received by re-
/ turn of post.
The years have flown since then, and
matters go on much as usual in that
small township Of Lammcrton.
/ But there arc changes, nevertheless.
Janet Lisle knows her place no moro
IN the coy little posto fee. She has nj
( ready gone home long since ~ rest and
7 sweet Isle Falcoubridgc is now the mis-
I tress Of everything.
Her hair, however, though still beau
/ utnl, is in these days white-white as
the driven snow; and the abiding ex-
! preston upon her still handsome face is
/ that OF one who has uasscd through a
mighty and also terrible sea Of trouble
and borne the trial only as true hero
inc could.
She knows, she says, that God has or
der1i all, and that she shall eee her
saUor lover again one dey in heaven.
But there i s,ll one pcrs n in the
world whom she loves dearly, and that
IS the happy true heart d wife Of 'unclc
Fred.
II owe all every bit in fact-of my
happiness TO you sweetest Elsie, as Jo-
sephinc says. 1t all dates from the day
don't you rcmcmbori when you gave
me mullins AMI crumpets." "
And also di patched my registered
letter so carefully" remarks Uncle Fred
quantity FTHHk Iedi,is